The Watch - Homeland Defense

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference in Panama City, on April 9, 2025. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. Space Command said April 9 that it has finalized options for the “Golden Dome” missile defense system and has sent its recommendations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his review and approval.…

The Finnish government is asking its Parliament to extend a border closure measure, enacted in July 2024, that closes off the Nordic country’s land frontier…

A U.S. Soldier, attached to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, wears snowshoes during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly training…

Russian soldiers march in the Independence Day military parade in Mexico City in 2023. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE WATCH STAFF As Moscow rapidly expanded a spy…

Federal prosecutors said in March 2025 that Mexican cartel leader Rafael Caro-Quintero may face the death penalty for the 1985 murder of a United States Drug…

Italian Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone led a NATO military delegation to Colorado in March 2025 to learn about the operations of U.S. Space Command, U.S. Northern…

The motorized 4th Infantry Division’s 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team now can patrol the Mexico-United States border, accompanying and transporting U.S Customs…

DIÁLOGO AMERICAS ILLUSTRATION DIÁLOGO AMERICAS In its recent report, “The Fifth Wave,” think tank Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime…

A variant of the C-130 warplane, the LC-130 Hercules or “Skibird,” landed on ice in March 2025 in the Canadian Arctic, the first such landing in decades. U.S.…